Trends in 2016: What keeps developers happy in their job? Survey & Results.

So I decided to run a survey to see what people think are the most important aspects of their job and what keeps them happy. I sent the survey out and got some really good responses. The vast majority...

So I decided to run a survey to see what people think are the most important aspects of their job and what keeps them happy. I sent the survey out and got some really good responses. The vast majority of responses were from the Austin market. Objectively, it shows a trend towards wanting to be more involved in decision making and having good leadership. This is consistent with what I have seen in the marketplace. As a hiring manager and watching the evolution of the market over the last 5 years, you can tell that the shift is moving from “working on cool technology”. It is almost a given that a developer wants to work on cooler tech.

Here are the surveymonkey results.

Survey Results – What keeps developer’s happy in their job

I didnt get as many responses as I would have liked but this sample is representative of what i have been seeing. The themes are:

For the last 20 years, I have successfully managed, architected and developed applications for many Fortune 100, 500, enterprise and SMB clients, and successfully managed teams of developers. I have gained knowledge which allows me to efficiently produce and manage projects for a wide variety of development channels.